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Jean-Henri Compère
Jean-Henri is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691), French composer and harpsichordist * Jean-Henri Dunant (1828–1910), Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman * Jean Henri Fabre (1823–1915), French entomologist and author * Jean-Henri Gourgaud (1746–1809), French actor under the stage name Dugazon * Jean-Henri Hottinguer (1803–1866), the first-born son of Baron Jean-Conrad, thus making him his successor * Jean-Henri Izamo (died 1966), the head of the gendarmerie of the Central African Republic * Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794–1872), Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation * Jean-Henri Pape (1787–1875), French piano maker * Jean-Henri Ravina (1818–1906), French virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher * Jean Henri Riesener (1734–1806), French royal ébéniste * Jean-Henri Voulland (1751–1801), politician of the French Revolution See also * Jean Gery Jean Gery (before 1638 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Dunant
Henry Dunant (born Jean-Henri Dunant; 8 May 182830 October 1910), also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, and co-founder of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 Nobel Peace Prize, 1901. Dunant was born in Geneva to a devout Calvinism, Calvinist family and had business interests in French Algeria and French protectorate of Tunisia, Tunisia. In 1859, while on his way to petition Napoleon III, he witnessed the aftermath of the Battle of Solferino in northern Italy. Horrified by the suffering of the wounded and the lack of care they received, Dunant took the initiative to organize the local population in providing aid for the soldiers. After returning to Geneva, he recorded his experiences in the book ''A Memory of Solferino'', in which he advocated the formation of an organization that would provide relief for the wounded without discriminatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Henri Fabre
Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre (; 21 December 1823 – 11 October 1915) was a French naturalist, entomologist, and author known for the lively style of his popular books on the lives of insects. Biography Fabre was born on 21 December 1823 in Saint-Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an autodidact, owing to the poverty of his family. Nevertheless, he acquired a primary teaching certificate at the age of 19 and began teaching in Carpentras whilst pursuing further studies. In 1849, he was appointed to a teaching post in Ajaccio (Corsica), then in 1853 moved on to the lycée in Avignon. Fabre was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology. Much of his enduring popularity is due to his marvellous teaching ability and his manner of writing about the lives of insects in biographical form, which he preferred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Gourgaud
Jean-Henri Gourgaud (15 November 1746 – 19 October 1809) was a French actor under the stage name Dugazon, the son of Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, the director of military hospitals there and also an actor. He began his career in the provinces, making his debut in 1770 at the '' Comédie Française'', where he aspired to leading comedy roles. He pleased the public at once and was made ''sociétaire'' in 1772. Dugazon was an ardent revolutionist, helped the schism which divided the company, and went with Talma and the others to what became the Théâtre de la République. After the closing of this theatre and the dissolution of the Comédie Française, he took refuge at the Théâtre Feydeau until he returned to the restored ''Comédie'' in 1799. He retired in 1805, and died insane at Sandillon. Dugazon wrote three comedies of a political character, performed at the Théâtre de la République. He married, in 1776, Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, but was soon divorced and then married a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Hottinguer
Jean-Henri is a French masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629–1691), French composer and harpsichordist * Jean-Henri Dunant (1828–1910), Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman * Jean Henri Fabre (1823–1915), French entomologist and author * Jean-Henri Gourgaud (1746–1809), French actor under the stage name Dugazon * Jean-Henri Hottinguer (1803–1866), the first-born son of Baron Jean-Conrad, thus making him his successor * Jean-Henri Izamo (died 1966), the head of the gendarmerie of the Central African Republic * Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794–1872), Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation * Jean-Henri Pape (1787–1875), French piano maker * Jean-Henri Ravina (1818–1906), French virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher * Jean Henri Riesener (1734–1806), French royal ébéniste * Jean-Henri Voulland (1751–1801), politician of the French Revolution See also * Jean Gery Jean Gery (before 1638 � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Izamo
Jean-Henri Izamo (died January 1966) was the head of the gendarmerie of the Central African Republic. He was killed following the Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état. Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état Central African Republic President David Dacko, Jean-Bédel Bokassa's cousin, took over the country in 1960, and Bokassa, a military officer in the French army, joined the CAR army in 1962. By 1965, the country was in turmoil—plagued by corruption and slow economic growth, while its borders were breached by rebels from neighboring countries.. Dacko obtained financial aid from the communist People's Republic of China, but despite this support, the country's problems persisted. Bokassa made plans to take over the government; Dacko became aware of this, and countered by forming the gendarmerie headed by Izamo of the Sara ethnic group, who quickly became Dacko's closest adviser. Tensions between Dacko and Bokassa increased. In December, Dacko approved a budget increase for Izamo's gendarmerie, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Merle D'Aubigné
Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (16 August 179421 October 1872) was a Swiss Protestant minister and historian of the Reformation. Life Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné was born at , a neighbourhood of Geneva. A street in the area is named after him. The ancestors of his father, Robert Merle d'Aubigné (1755–1799), were French Protestant refugees. The life Jean-Henri's parents chose for him was in commerce; but in college at the Académie de Genève, he instead decided on Christian ministry. He was profoundly influenced by Robert Haldane, the Scottish missionary and preacher who visited Geneva and became a leading light in ''Le Réveil'', a conservative Protestant evangelical movement. It was in small extra-curricular groups led by Haldane, that Merle d'Aubigné and his peers studied the Bible; according to church historian John Carrick, no classes were offered in the Christian scriptures at the school at that time, their having been replaced by the ancient Greek scholars. When Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Pape
Jean-Henri Pape, born as Johann Heinrich Pape and also known as Henry Pape (1 July 1789 – 2 February 1875), was a French piano and harp maker in the early 19th century. Pape was born in Sarstedt, Germany, in 1789. He arrived in Paris in 1811 and started working with Austrian composer Pleyel, eventually directing many of his workshops. In 1815, he established his own company to manufacture pianos. His first grand piano A piano is a keyboard instrument that produces sound when its keys are depressed, activating an Action (music), action mechanism where hammers strike String (music), strings. Modern pianos have a row of 88 black and white keys, tuned to a c ...s followed the English system of Broadwood and Tomkinson. Pape's main focus was on defects in square and grand pianos caused by the structural gap between the sounding board and wrest plank that allowed the hammers to strike the strings. He fixed them by placing actions above the strings. Instead of levers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Ravina
Jean-Henri Ravina (20 May 181830 September 1906) was a French virtuoso pianist, composer and teacher. Jean-Henri Ravina started his musical studies with his mother, Eugénie Ravina, a famous professor in Bordeaux. He made his first public appearance performing works by Friedrich Kalkbrenner at the age of 8, and the violinist Pierre Rode, who was present at the concert, encouraged him to continue his musical studies. Ravina then went to Paris, where he attended the private musical school of Alkan Morhange (Charles-Valentin Alkan's father), later he entered the piano class of Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann at the Paris Conservatory. He also studied counterpoint with Anton Reicha Anton (Antonín, Antoine) Joseph Reicha (Rejcha) (26 February 1770 – 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born, Bavarian-educated, later naturalization, naturalized French composer and music theorist. A contemporary and lifelong friend of Ludwig van Be ... and Aimé Leborne there. In 1834 he received a firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Henri Riesener
Jean-Henri Riesener (; 4 July 1734 – 6 January 1806) was a famous German ''ébéniste'' (cabinetmaker), working in Paris, whose work exemplified the early neoclassical "Louis XVI style". Life and career Riesener was born in Gladbeck, Westphalia, Holy Roman Empire. He moved to Paris, where he apprenticed soon after 1754 with Jean-François Oeben, whose widow he married; he was received master ''ébéniste'' in January 1768. The following year, he began supplying furniture for the Crown and in July 1774 formally became ''ébéniste ordinaire du roi'', "the greatest Parisian ''ébéniste'' of the Louis XVI period." Riesener was responsible for some of the richest examples of furniture in the Louis XVI style, as the French court embarked on furnishing commissions on a luxurious scale that had not been seen since the time of Louis XIV: between 1774 and 1784, he received on average commissions amounting to 100,000 livres per annum.He and David Roentgen were Marie Antoinette's favou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Henri Voulland
Jean-Henri Voulland (11 October 1751, Uzès, Gard – 23 February 1801, Paris) was a politician of the French Revolution. Originating from a Protestant family, he originally studied law. One of his offices was as deputy for Gard in the National Convention, to which role he was elected on 5 September 1792. In September 1793 he was elected as a member of the Committee of General Security. He became part of the opposition to Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety and played an important role in the overthrow of Robespierre on 9 Thermidor Maximilien Robespierre addressed the National Convention on 26 July 1794, was arrested the next day, and executed on 28 July. In his speech on 26 July, Robespierre spoke of the existence of internal enemies, conspirators, and calumniators, with ... (27 July 1794). {{DEFAULTSORT:Voulland, Jean-Henri 1751 births 1801 deaths People from Uzès French Calvinist and Reformed Christians Feuillants Montagnards Members of the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Gery
Jean Gery (before 1638 – 1690?) (also spelled Jean Jarry, Yan Jarri or Jean Henri) was a French explorer and a deserter from the La Salle expedition of 1685. After leaving the expedition, Gery became chief of a group of Coahuiltecan Indians, claiming that he had been sent by God to rule over them. He was brought to Monclova, and later to Mexico City, by Alonso de León, the Spanish governor of Coahuila. Gery was interrogated by Spanish officials, and could not tell a coherent tale, though he consistently claimed to have originally come from a French fort to the east. Despite the fact that the Spanish had concluded that Gery was insane, he was sent along with de León on an expedition to locate this French fort. Despite Gery's mental instability, he was invaluable as a translator and guide, eventually leading de León to the remains of Fort St. Louis on April 20, 1689. After returning to Coahuila, de León sent Gery to rendezvous with representatives of an Indian tribe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
